The entry by police into a man’s apartment based on uncorroborated information from an anonymous source violated the
man’s federal and state constitutional rights, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Because of this, the drugs
found in the man’s apartment must be suppressed.

The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the denial of a supermarket’s motion for summary judgment in a negligence case, finding
the company failed to carry its burden in showing that criminal activity on its premises at the time a customer was assaulted
wasn’t foreseeable.

The one-year limit to file a motion for relief from judgment under Indiana Trial Rule 60(B) is not from the time an appeals
court rules on the matter, but must be made within one year after the trial court enters its order, the Indiana Court of Appeals
ruled today in an issue of first impression.

A booking card created by law enforcement in the course of a ministerial, nonevaluative booking process is not subject to
the police reports exclusion under Indiana Evidence Rule 803(8), the Indiana Court of Appeals decided today.

The Indiana Supreme Court tackled the state’s habitual-offender statute today in two separate rulings, finding that
an instant offense of drug dealing, coupled with a prior conviction, can qualify a defendant as a habitual offender.

The Indiana Court of Appeals was faced with competing constitutional rights today: a mother’s right to free political
speech versus her daughter’s right to privacy as to whether her father allegedly sexually abused her.

The Indiana Supreme Court Monday answered the certified question sent to them by the U.S. District Court in New York about
what standard should be applied in determining whether a director is “disinterested” under Indiana Code Section
23-1-32-4(d).

The Indiana Supreme Court granted four transfers June 24, including one in which the Indiana Court of Appeals extended the
duty to prevent injury to sports participants to include sporting event volunteers.

The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library should be able to pursue a cross-claim against an engineering company for breach
of professional standard of care, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today.

On a historic day for the Supreme Court of the United States, one justice stepped down after more than three decades as his
successor began her confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

To address Indiana’s growing prison population and increasing related costs, the state is partnering with The Pew Center
on the States and the Council of State Governments Justice Center for the first comprehensive review of the state’s
criminal code and sentencing policies since 1976.

A law enforcement officer’s use of force in excess of reasonable force authorized by statute isn't shielded from
liability under the "enforcement of a law" immunity under Indiana Code Section 34-13-3-3(8), the Indiana Supreme
Court held today.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled against a Bluffton electric company, finding that corporations can’t simply create
subsidiaries internally and declare them separate entities in order to avoid paying higher tax rates under state unemployment
compensation law.

The state presented sufficient evidence to prove a defendant delivered and possessed methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of
a family housing complex, so the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed elevating his convictions to a higher felony level.

Because claims for emotional distress aren’t allowed under the Adult Wrongful Death Statute, a father can’t bring
this type of derivative claim under the Medical Malpractice Act, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled today.